(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting.

“In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting … they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that’s it,” Putin said, without providing evidence.

  • Echo Dot
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    111 months ago

    Right so why doesn’t he provide proof then? He’s absolutely motivated to provide it if he has it so the fact that he doesn’t have it basically proves he just making stuff up.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      11 months ago

      Right so why doesn’t he provide proof then?

      I cited multiple examples with ample proof behind them.

      Are you denying the Brooks Brothers Riot and Operation Eagle Eye happened? Or are you just upset that Putin isn’t enumerating them from his bully pulpit?

      • @[email protected]
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        11 months ago

        Lol see, this dude had facts to back up his claim but because what he said was something people dont want to hear he gets downvoted to zero. I notice that a lot on here. It’s part of the sewer that leaked over from Reddit.

        • @Fades
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          311 months ago

          Or maybe they simply worded their comment poorly. Yeah we have had elections stolen before but Putin is NOT right in stating that it was by way of mail in voting. Absolute bullshit on that.

          • @[email protected]
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            -211 months ago

            we have had elections stolen before

            Pretty gross how it took so long for you to admit this. Especially since this point is the entire essence of the article.

            If you agree that American elections have previously been stolen then why are you disagreeing so emotionally with the post? If you admit that US democracy is a sham then why are you yelling at Putin rather than yelling at your own country’s lack of human rights?

            • @Maggoty
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              111 months ago

              Whoa there buddy. It ain’t a sham. Not yet anyways.